Soldiers going 'over the top'
on 1 July 1916
from the British government's propaganda film
The Battle of the Somme
from the British government's propaganda film
The Battle of the Somme
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THE ATTACK "At a signal along the entire 16 mile front. The British troops leaped over the trench parapets and atvanced towards the German trenches. Under heavy fire from the enemy." |
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IWM 191
Battle of the Somme (11 Aug 1916)
Reproduced by courtesy of the Imperial War Museum, London
